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February 8, 2018

Phair & Maizer win at Indoor Northeast Series Rd2

Round 2 of the Indoor Northeast Series at was held at 46RC and it offered an awesome turnout and tight racing. With 104 entries in a really small building, the place was packed full. The track is very tight, 100 percent red clay, which was occasionally watered throughout the day, so the track tended to get dry towards the end of each qualifying round and the mains. There were three heats of 2WD Modified buggy and 4 heats of 4WD buggy. The mains were pretty stacked, with fast drivers in each A-main. In the 4WD main, Jared Phair avoided the wrecks and got out to a comfortable lead early on. However, track conditions were getting progressively inconsistent and went downhill about every two laps. The 2nd place driver caught up after a couple of bobbles, but after a last-lap final attempt at passing, he failed to do so and Jared held on for the win from Stephen Maizer 2nd and Ian Kiss 3rd. Over in 2WD it was Stephen Maizer with the win from Jared Phair Matt Nevoso in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the 2WD Mod podium here

February 8, 2018

David Infante wins at Midnight club race

DRC Speedway of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic held a Midnight club race recently and it was was JQRacing’s David Infante with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. Rafa Diaz and Frank Losada (both JQRacing) would round out the top 3 podium result in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

February 8, 2018

Andy Tan wins Urban F1 League opener

Round 1 of the 2018 Urban F1 League saw a smaller than usual turnout, but the on-track action was just as intense, if not more so than in the previous rounds. When the dust had settled, it was several new faces that grabbed the headlines. Taking pole position after the 10-minute qualifier was newcomer, Tapana V, who laid down his best three laps in the last minute of action to dislodge Charles Lim into P2, with Andy Tan in P3. In A1, Tapana could not hold on for the win, as Andy Tan ran a mistake-free race to take the win. Tapana bounced back with a tone-to-tone victory in A2 to set up a showdown in the final leg. At the start of A3, Tapana suffered a setback as a multiple-car collision at turn 1 dropped him to the back of the pack. Andy Tan came through unscathed and managed to hang on for the win from a hard-charging Patrick Ong.

View the final results here

February 7, 2018

Adam Drake wins at Thunder Alley club race

Thunder Alley of Beaumont, California held a club race this past weekend that attracted some of the state’s fastest off-road racers. In the Expert Nitro Buggy A-main it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win in the 20-minute encounter from new Serpent signing, Cody King who ended the race some 4 seconds short of Adam. In 3rd and a lap down Mugen’s Anthony Westergaard completed the top 3 podium result.

Image: Adam Drake

February 7, 2018

Ishioka & Knapp sweep 2018 Snowbird

Last weekend’s 2018 Snowbird Nationals saw 600 entries spread across many electric on-road classes and in the hotly contested Formula category it was Japan’s Hayato Ishioka (CRC). However, CRC teammates Andrew Knapp and Jeff Dayger were hot on his heels but after the 5-minute single A-main it was still Hayato who would hold the upper hand with Andrew ending the race only 0.3 seconds short of the Japanese ace. In third and only a tenth of a second short of Andrew, Michael Hanulec would end the race on the 3 spot. Over in 1/12th 17.5T it was Andrew Knapp who TQ’d all four qualifiers and went on to win the main. Robbie Dodge would come in 2nd, 0.8 seconds down on Andrew while Joe Trandell snatched the final podium spot.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

February 6, 2018

Dimitris Fotinos wins Greek XRS Off-road Rd1

The opening round of the Greek Xray Racing Series Off-road was held at the Fanatix Racing Track recently. The event saw the running of a sole 2WD Buggy class and had last year’s 4WD Greek champion, Dimitris Fotinos, setting the fastest lap in qualifying. Starting from 2nd on the grid was last year’s 2WD Greek champion Amaksas while on-road specialist Dimitris Ioannidis secured P3 at his maiden off-road outing.

Continue reading the report here

February 6, 2018

Juan Carlos Canas sweeps Sevilla Championship Rd1

The opening round of the Sevilla-Huelva Championship was held at the Lebrija track last weekend and it was Mugen’s Juan Carlos Canas with the TQ and win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. Juan Carlos would have a pretty easy main, leading from start to finish as HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, obtained the runner-up spot. The podium was rounded out by Agama’s Dani Vega, who started from P7.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

February 6, 2018

JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the 2018 JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series made its way over to Newberry, Florida, home to one of the raddest RC tracks in the Sunshine state. Without a doubt, the size and premise of Newberry’s track are just about perfect for a 1/10th scale outdoor track. With a dialed, low-style driver stand to bring you closer to the action is a recipe for an exciting time in Newberry. Florida’s winter is actually nice for those who aren’t accustomed to 20°C weather in early February. However, since the track is located in an open field, constant wind gusts combined with below 5°C temps did make it a “cold” day by Floridian standards. Nonetheless, the sun did shine reminding everyone the beauty of outdoor racing. With nearly 190 entries on hand, the energy was soaring and the racing top notch.

Continue reading the report here